Process for reducing fused slag to granular form



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COATWG 0R Pl mm 7 CROS REFERENCE 1 Qg vJul 29', 1924. E I

, E M. MAGUET PROCESS FOR REDUCING FUSED SLAG TO GRANULAR FORM flied March 15. 1920 FIG.

, ration of the cast metal obtained from blast maiy sometimes assume Patented July 29, 11924.

UNIT El suits PATENT ",orrlcs.

MARTIAL HAG-BET, OF MAXEVILLE, FRAli'CE.

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Application filed larch 15,1920. sem in. 366,015.

Toal l'whomitmay concern:-

Be it known that I, MARTIAL chemist, a citizen of the French Republic, have invented a, certain new and useful Im roved Process for Reducin Fused Slag f to ranular lform, of which 1; e following is a specification. v Thisinvention relates to an improved process for reducing fused slag to granular form and apparatus therefor. Av ood desulphu:

furnaces requires speedy working at a very high temperature. Under these conditions the iron dross is basic and runs white. Suddenly cooled, it is highly pozuolanic and ejected into the water on leaving the furnace, it generally forms swollen, spongy and 1i ht masses which float atthe top and are ca led cauliflowers.

' The formationof the cauliflowers is as follows At contact with the water the jet of calcareous, sulphuretted and incandescent iron dross, produces a partial vaporization.

- Some steam is immediately imprisoned in the incandescent mass and undergoes initial di'ssoclation: an 1mmed1ate internal gaseous discharge ensues which causes the swelling. p and momentarily hinders the water reaching the. interior of the. cauliflower in formation, which remains red ,for acertain time, whilst still floating. A partof the sulphideof calcium is attacked. The following re:

actions are partly produced, so long as the temperature is kept sufliciently hig The odour of the sulphurettedhydrogen and that of the sulphurous acid are very marked. The gaseous discharge continues with the high temperature and the cauli-' flowerfloats in the forinv of light sponge which increases in volume as the extinguish-.

gases which escape ing water becomes more reduced. This sponge is perforated in places under the 'aseous' pressure, the orm small luminous ssures by burning oncontact with the air.

force of the inner The cauliflower therefore remains incandes Maounr, of 'Maxeville, Meurthe et Moselle, France,

ydraulic properties."

' even the most basic, in w of the re able pozuolanic properti.

penditure of fueL vcent for some seconds, then its temperature gradually sinks. The interior of the sponge is oxidized under the influence of the free Q oxygen. The grey-blue colouring of the immersedexternalvitreous parts produced b the traces of reduced iron, is changed to ye low and even to brown in the core of the cauliflower by superoxidization of the iron so much. more so the longer incandescence of the mass.

Such a granulated substance has two chief definitely when it is preserved in t e mass.

Its drying is very slow and troublesome,

as the sponge'forms a calorifuge and firmly retains the water, the second inconvenience isthat the sponge, not having been instantaneously cooled, does'not possess the intrinsic pozuolanic value of the iron dross which .has produced it. For these two reasons itv .is unsuitable for the manufactures contemplated: it would,.moreover, produce bricks and mortars toofriable and above all too orous.

cast in blocks, which are crushed for the construction of, stone ballast, concrete or mortars. Sometimes good calcareous iron dross which is slowly cooled in -the mass,

. .85 But" the melted basic iron dross can be I at 1o s ntaneously falls to dust on contact-with t e air: this dust is'useless because it is not pozuolanic.

1 The process"which.forms the subject of the present invention. is for the purpose of allowing the use of calcgieous iron dress,

which they can acquire, by grafnulatmg them so as to omit,- the two inconveniences above referred to.

- It allows of instantaneous cooling, indis pensable for the iron dross totake all its pozuolanic value and give a vitreous, friable and dense sand, retaining httle water,

and'easy to dry with an ,considerable ex-' According to this process, instead of cast ing direct in the water a' basic iron dress in an'in'candescent mass as considerable as that w from the in which flows normally UUWII u I comma R lower its ori a1 temperature to a desired.

Pi is action, it is-initially 'suiiiciently divided to degree at w 'ch the nternal gaseous discharges are nolonge'r roduced: then, in this state of. .division an still in fusion, it is suddenly thrown intothe water and then in stantaneously and integrally cooled.

- In order to carryout this process, if there is suflicient height between the slag tube and the basin of water, the spray of iron dross is projected sufiiciently high onto a cast iron .plate, which may be fixed or movable, su'it-" ably cooled and arran ed at 'a certain height above a vast of water.- The shock of the dross on the plate divides it into incandescent drops, the ambient air produces against the .dome 0 which isarranged a- 'viewinplan. a

a designates a tuyere under slight presthe first then and at contact with e water, cooling is instantaneous and the vitreous sand falls to the bottom of the basin.

' The annexed drawing represents byway of example 'and in diagrammatic form a'- very simple and inexpensive installation al-' lowing o realizing the process which forms the o ject of they nvention. i

Fig; 1 is a view in elevation and Fig. 2 a

sure to cm's. of mercury taken in parallel'froni thecold air blown by a Cow- .per apparatus: b is its regulating valve: c.

evacuation of the granulated substance by means of a-strong current of'water coming from g. The channel f is covered for a part of itslength b av protecting cover It rfor'ated pipes connected to a water conuit j which guides the water along 'the an uptake is, for the evacuation of the steam I ,The to ere a and its valvec are j ier to the blast hasthe eflectof prevent" a the formation of glass cotton and .sma

" spherical vitreous non-fi iable'globules as {lhe installation as,

walls of the cover in order to prevent the grains sticking together or against the walls of the cover, which latter is provided'with formed by the'g'ranulation. i g

designed in "acco ance withsthe force of the jet of slafi so ,as to obtain its reductions into melt- 6d ropswhichwouldegroduce the granulationin the form desir The addition of a small quantity-of wa previously mentioned.

CROSS REFERENCE necessary lowerin of temperature 1 teg v for the replacement 0 .used in the manufacture of sla .fis-

ortars. o another inclined channel serving or the 'EWhat I claim as n .fof i'ts fluidity without solidifyin stituting EXAMINER well vertically and annularly as horizontally. The nular, substance. obtained is generally 0 grey-blue colour with some parts-whitish and falls directly .to the botinstantly losing its high 7 tom .of the water temperature. v Drained into the decanting basins-it contains 10 to 15% of water. -Piled u this percentage sinks to 5 to 6% after 24 ours.

This granular substance is not so hard to triturate' as the manganese granules generally used for slag cements and bricks Its pozuolanic' power 'is' greater. '.The resistancesof slag cement prepared by this procanules in caullflowers' ess compared with and with. granules .m dnsesandstfltin from the same basic slag ive an increase 0 v40 to in'favour of t e latter, of which the resistances are also superior to those of manganese granules prepared under the same conditions. Y I

' The granulatedsubstance is particularly suitable for the manufacture of slag bricks which ra 'dly become hard and-com and una ected :by atmospheric variations since they are not porous.

Besides the above advantages. the'inyention allows:

1.-Of obtaining 'a friable and dense.vit-- reous sand economical to transport under the most reduced bulk and easy to dry and tritur'ate, this sand having .the integrality of the treated; 2..-Of employing this sand,m.ore' advanfrom the point of view of econquality as a hi h active pozuolane granules actually cements and bricks and the preparation of ydraulic omy an secure by Letters I States 'is:'- v i, 7

; 1. Process for granulating lay water the hurous sla I mgin dividing the' jet of slag as it issues from the furnace into small drops by means "of an air blast under low pressure equivalent to 20 to 30 centimetres of water wherepozuolanic latent value of the slaginvention and desire atent of the United 11ohighly heated basic calcareous and sulfrom" blast furnaces consistby the temperature of the slag is initially lowezedt'o about 1300 C. and it loses part the said drops being then precipitated waterwhich hardens these drops in fusion and causes them to burst into an infinite number of small vitreous fragments conpIoymentfinthe manufacture of slag ce- 2. Process for p zuolanic S nd -suitable for em granulating water the I highly heated basic calcareous and sulphurous slag from blast furnaces consisting n jetofslag the furnace irect into onto small drops by means. of an air blast at low pressure in conjunction with a small amount of water directed against the fused slag flowing in front of said air blast whereby the temperature of the slag is initially lowered to, about 1300 C. and it loses part 'of its fluidity without solidifyin the said drops being then precipitated irect into water which harden's these drops in and causes. them to burst into an infinite number of small vitreous fragments constifusion tutinga pozuolani c sand suitable for employment in the manufacture of slag cement. 1 a In witness whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two wit- 

